We
have the pleasure to announce that Emma Hartle has joined us full time
as the Head of Customer Relations. She has the task of ensuring all our
customers receive the best care from both the company and the User Forum.
If
you have any questions or enquiries, please contact by telephone 01229 847128 or
by email emma.hartle@revomaze.co.uk
12-April-2010
We
have now completed a very successful Gadget Show Live 2010 at the NEC in
Birmingham UK. We had twice the stand size from last year and had Neza and
Nina helping to gather user details while we had help from forum members,
Bluesign2k (Chris) , Farrel669 (Thomas) and Barcared09 (Nigel).
Even
though we had Michael, Anne and Myself, we were still very busy taking 10 times
the orders as last year.
We
were also visited by Jason Bradbury who has selected us his third choice in Tech
he would like to carry (in the official Limited Edition Gadget Show Magazine).
We
would like to thank everyone who came and met us including many from the User
Forum and a Special thank you to Chris, Thomas and Nigel who gave up their time
to be on the stand.
1-March-2010
We
have now updated our website to allow pricing per region. All UK orders
should be processed under the UK Pricing, Europe under the Europe Pricing, USA
& Canada under the USA & Canada Pricing. All other worldwide
countries not in the first three should use Rest of the World Pricing.
This
now takes into account VAT chargeable in the UK and European countries.
All
orders received before the 1st March 2010 will not be effected.
27-February-2010
We have had a very successful 1st Christmas and have some
exciting news about the REVOMAZE. We have exceeded our projected sales
over the last six months and are now ready to start taking Pre-Orders for the REVOMAZE
Extreme Gold.
We now have decided to clearly name the two types of REVOMAZE,
with all the metal becoming REVOMAZE Extreme
and the plastic becoming the REVOMAZE Obsession.
We are introducing the REVOMAZE Extreme
Collector's Edition which can be Pre-Ordered with either Nickel Plated
or Gold Plated shafts. Within this collection which we are limiting to
just 250 sets Worldwide will be the New REVOMAZE
Extreme Titanium Special Edition.
The puzzles are sent "UNMADE" with a very high quality
assurance to ensure all parts are unblemished to allow the collector to display
them. We will supply a plastic version of the Titanium to be tried.
In addition will be the complete set of signed certificates and
all the maps plus the completed solution as complete sheets to be framed.
We will also supply a history behind the puzzles booklet and all the maze maps
and solutions.
We are also introducing a REVOMAZE
Extreme Red Special Edition based on the plastic planned to be launched at
the:
Gadget Show Live
at the NEC Birmingham UK on the 7-11 April 2010.
This successful show has 57,000 places and has already sold out
(forcing the organizers to add an extra half day). Those who have a
ticket, come and meet us on stand H5 and have the chance to win
the REVOMAZE Extreme Red at the show.
We will soon be having a user competition to enable all our
enthusiasts
the ability to design their own puzzle (called the REVOMAZE
Extreme Orange Special Edition) where we will make 250 to be
sold. Watch this space.
Finally we are soon to announce the REVOMAZE
World Edition of the puzzle that is very exciting for us.
24-February-2010
Our REVOMAZE Extreme Silver Version 2 has been shipped and all
new sales will be the Version 2. This was an update prompted by a few
issues some enthusiasts had - but since the version 2 has been shipped we have
had two further enthusiasts who have opened theirs.
Our congratulations goes out to our first and only opener of the
Version 1 REVOMAZE Extreme Silver - Mr Steve Cornett form the USA. Our
latest two, Mr Matt Dale from the UK and Mr Louis Coolen from the
Netherlands are now proudly on our leader board.
All have praized the design and the challege the puzzle has
given them. In our opinion - it is one of "the
hardest puzzles in the world".
04-December-2009
We are now required to become registered for VAT by HM Customs
& Revenue. We have
not been charging VAT on our products, but are required to from Friday 1st
January 2010 (Corrected by our accountant from the notification recieved from
the HMCR stating the registration was from 1st Feb 2010).
Our Prices are therfore increasing by about 17.5% as follows:
REVOMAZE Metal
Blue
£79.95 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£68.04 Excl VAT)
Green
£79.95 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£68.04 Excl VAT)
Bronze
£84.95 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£72.30 Excl VAT)
Silver
£94.95 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£80.81 Excl VAT)
Plastic REVOMAZE Extreme
Blue
£23.99 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£20.42 Excl VAT)
Green
£23.99 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£20.42 Excl VAT)
Black
£23.99 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£20.42 Excl VAT)
Red
£23.99 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£20.42 Excl VAT)
Individual Stand £12.95 Inc VAT @ 17.5%
(£11.02 Excl VAT)
Series Stand £38.95
Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£33.15 Excl VAT)
Training Aid
£3.50 Inc VAT @ 17.5% (£2.98 Excl VAT)
VAT applies to our UK and EU customers. The rest of the
world, the puzzles are Zero rated.
We will discuss with the VAT office and our accountant the
charges to our overeas customers.
Anyone who has already ordered will receive their goods without
VAT.
25-December-2009
Today is a Special Day - REVOMAZE 1 prototype was made.
Who would think, 1 year on this puzzle is being enjoyed by 1,000's of
enthusiasts from 31 countries who were intrigued with it's concept.
Over the year, we have launched 5 metal (Blue, Green, Bronze,
Silver and Black) and now 4 plastic (Blue, Green, Black and Red).
In 2010 the Hot GOLD will seal the first series ready for the
anticipated competiton. We are then planning on the final 2 Limited
editions (Yellow and my hand made RED) followed by Special Edition (only 250 of
each) Orange (user Design Competition version)!
We plan to have Gray and Titanium versions as well.
We have also been working on the new series for 2010-2011.
We would like to wish all our Current and New REVOMAZE
Enthusiasts a Happy Holiday and a Very Intriguing New Year!
WOW! - We are so pleased our puzzle has been acknowledged
...
20-November-2009
We have now shipped the Pre-Order Silver and had proven to be as
challenging as we suggested. To date - no one has solved the design.
We wanted this to be one of the best puzzles out there and
requires all the skills from the other three puzzles (Blue, Breen and Bronze) to
have any hope of solving its complex design.
Before even considering this puzzle - the Blue will give the
core skills, the Green the endurance and the Bronze the thinking.
01-November-2009
We had to delay the Silver due to a reliability issue found when
testing the final product and have redesigned a critical internal part.
This has now been manufactured and tested and meets our high standards.
We are now shipping all Pre-order Silver orders and have the
Silver now in stock. We apologize to all our pre-order customers for the
delay as out priority has been to maintain the high standards of our puzzles.
We have had to change the postage to ensure all puzzles are now
trackable. We ask for support from our customers if they have concerns
regarding their orders to contact us on support@revomaze.co.uk
as we will go out of our way to ensure we meet high standards of customer
service.
Any issues we will resolve to ensure your satisfaction in both
our products and our service.
21-October-2009
We had to delay the Silver last week and a further delay this
week is required after extensive final quality checks. A minor
modification is need to ensure long term reliability. The puzzle has
proven to be way harder than anything else so far.
We tested the Bronze using a open shaft as a guide, we manage to
open it in around 10 minutes.
Using the same method, testing on the Silver has taken 4 hours
and it is thrilling to finally open! The modification is to ensure
everyone gets a totally perfect puzzle that will have long term reliability!
The new release date will be the 26th October 2009.
13-October-2009
Today we were due to collect the mazes from the engineers.
Unfortunately due to events outside our control with the platting company - our
batch will arrive on Friday. We therefore have moved the shipping date to
Monday the 19th October 2009.
While we do not like to miss a launch date - quality is always on our mind to
ensure you receive the best puzzles both functionally and manufacture quality
and the Silver will deliver this.
The final production sign-off has now been given to us which will be
presented to the Best Video Diary "Opening the Bronze".
We have set the date for the close of this to Saturday 31th of October 2009.
PM REVOMATE for information.
HELP FOR OUR
NON-ENGLISH USERS!
We
have a growing community of Russian, Italian, Spanish, French and German puzzle
enthusiasts (and any others). I would like to ensure we help deliver a
good service to all our users and I recognize we need some help.
Would
anyone like to become a forum moderator for their own language area on the
forum?
My
aim is to set up each group with their own areas with the ability to be able to
translate for us. We can then help support using this area.
Delivery of our puzzles in different countries for example on how long it
takes would help us ensure our users receive correct advise - plus how to use
the puzzle and any issues can be fed directly to me so I can help directly.
We have had a high reaction from an article appearing in the November 09 issue of the
Games Magazine written by Tom Cutrofello.
We
also have a review in GIZMAG by Darren Quick
http://www.gizmag.com/revomaze/12918/
20-September-2009
We have had a fantastic reaction from various site since ThinkGeek.com
has started selling them. Many thanks goes to Ty ...
We have an article appearing in the November 09 issue of the
Games Magazine written by Tom Cutrofello
"Tom
Cutrofello is the Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent for Games Magazine. He is also
the author of 2 puzzles books: Lab Mice Puzzles Volume 1 and Lab Mice Puzzles
Volume 2."
Look
out for his review ...http://www.gizmag.com/revomaze/12918/
18-September-2009
We were at the engineers on Wednesday and progress for the
Silver has continued. After a meeting, we decided to put the launch of the
Silver back to the 14th October to ensure full testing is completed on this
exciting puzzle (I believe may become the "Hardest Puzzle in the
World").
Nothing like it has been made before and requires all the skills
learned in the the first four puzzles. There are nearly 150 moves needed
to crack this puzzle and expectation is rising.
We have a new development, the plastic version that I now have
had under production conditions and looks and feels fantastic.
Just has positive in the way you open it, however the shaft is
fixed so it cannot be removed releasing small parts. Our aim is to be able
to supply to children.
Below is a first picture - note the shaft has round ends (where
a special round colour logo bubble badge fits like the main REVOMAZE badge). It is smooth and very light in comparison with its metal
version. We are planning 4 levels (one being a version of the Limited
Edition Black - bottom picture) and a new rewards website with top prizes.
Keep an eye out in the product section -I will be adding
new full pictures and the ability to pre-order. We are going to try to
make this a "Christmas Must Have" for both younger and established
puzzlers out there!
09-September-2009
Hope everyone had a good summer break and are getting back into
the swing of things.
We have now put into production the REVOMAZE Silver and this can
be pre-ordered with free shipping until the 14th October.
We feel this will become The Hardest Puzzle in the World with
times to open around 40-100 hours.
Also, we now have a fully working Plastic Version that has
turned out better than we expected. It is just as hard as the metal
versions but 1/3rd the weight at 200g and will be much cheaper. Aimed at
the younger puzzler we are predicting this to be a hit at Christmas!
We are now very busy with Christmas only 15 weeks away...
03-July-2009
We have now shipped the REVOMAZE Bronze on Friday and the first REVOMAZE
Bronze has been opened not by Bluesign2k!
Congratulations go to farrel669 on being the first to officially open the first
REVOMAZE Bronze the same day he received it.
He has said this was "the hardest one to date!" we
will see who will be next. We are putting a clue on this
website...
11-June-2009
Limited Editions with the stand and coin. These are now shipping
to their owners . . .
02-June-2009
Limited Editions (SOLD OUT)
There was a limit on how many of these would be made and are of special
design. The Black has been designed by Adrian from our engineering firm
who felt I was loosing out on the experience everyone else was having.
He made the Black Maze just for me to show me what everyone else has gone
through - and I can say there was some high's and low's as I tried to solve it
When I finally opened it - I was exhilarated at my achievement. It does
feel really good - I will not be telling you my time but Adrian knows ...
The Black was special to me and because it was so good I felt some of our
enthusiasts would enjoy them too and so created just 20 - I have also asked
Adrian to design another - The Yellow. Believe me he has some evil ideas of his
own!
The RED is going to be the hardest one I can design. If an idea of mine works as
a prototype - you are in for a real treat and that will go for the engineering
company as well as I will be making these by hand myself.
These are not part of the main competition, but a thank you to our most loyal
clients - who have snapped them all up.
02-May-2009
We have now shipped the REVOMAZE Green on Thursday (slightly later than
planned). Since this date - the first REVOMAZE Green has been opened by
Bluesign2k.
Congratulations Bluesign2k on being the first to officially open the first
REVOMAZE Green. Bluesign2k also was the first to open the REVOMAZE Blue
and maintains his status as being Number One!
22-April-2009
During our time at the Gadget Show Live, we were visited by Jane Douglas:
Editor: MSN Tech & Gadgets. We are shown on the "our
picks of The Gadget Show Live"
One of our customers from the Gadget Show Live has now managed to open their
puzzle and are now on our leader board. Congratulation goes to AdrianM704.
21-April-2009
We have now completed 3 days at the NEC and are overwhelmed by the fantastic
response by the general public towards our puzzles. Many tried and
instantly purchased our short stock of Blue REVOMAZE's at the show.
Our engineering company joined us on Saturday and Sunday along with our Forum
Moderator and Forum Members.We
wish to personally thank Don, Pete, Adrian and Michael and Chris (BlueSign2k)
for their contribution to the success of the event.
We will be writing our review here in due course - Jason Bradbury (one of the Gadget Show Live presenters) website who loved our
puzzle when he came to visit, stated he would put a blog onto his website www.jasonBradbury.com
in the next few weeks.
Pictures of the event will be posted soon both from us and by a friend of one
our forum member BlueSign2K who attended the show on Friday.
We are certain we are going to be there again next year
- bigger and better!
31-March-2009
On the 17-19 April 2009, we are attending the Gadget Show Live at the
Birmingham NEC UK. We will be on stand C71 where you can try our REVOMAZE
Blue and Green.
We hope to show the Bronze, Silver and Gold REVOMAZE's.
Come and see them in person and talk to the puzzle inventor - Chris Pitt.
31-March-2009
We have now have the launch date for the REVOMAZE Green as the 30th April
2009. All series owners will receive their puzzles on that
day.
We are going to release the 1st 12 as Special Editions and these will appear
on eBay within the next couple of weeks. We will have a very limited
number of pre-order Green REVOMAZE at a special price.
The Green REVOMAZE is our second and even more advanced puzzle, however the
skills requires are gained from using and opening the blue. You will need
a lot more nerve to solve this puzzle.
Users of the Blue have on average taken around 5 - 6 hours over many days to
solve. Once solved, some of the top enthusiasts are taking under a minute
to open. Can you do better?
30-March-2009
We have now have our first 10 place booked on the Blue category. All
who have opened their puzzle have stated they underestimated how challenging the
puzzle is but have found the whole experience very rewarding.
We have sold all around the world including the USA, Canada, Ireland,
Belgium, Holland, Denmark, France, Germany, Czech Republic and all over the UK.
19-March-2009
We have now launched! Pre-orders have been shipped as one of our
Special Edition customers - Bluesign2K has become the first enthusiast on our
leader board.
Our Congratulations go to him along with being now eligible for the live event.
It took 8-8.5 hours hard work to open the puzzle. Now he needs try to
do it as quick as he can. Can you beat his time?
16-March-2009
We have shipped the first 12 ReVoMaze I-Blue Special Edition to the eBay
auction Winners. Many will receive their puzzle on the 17th March 09 while
some of our overseas winners will receive theirs in a day or two (depending on
customs). We are on schedule to ship the rest of the orders by the end of
the week.
We now have a new logo and slogan to go with our product branding:
"the most intriguing puzzles on the planet"
22-February-2009
Word regarding the ReVoMaze is starting to become internationally
known. Here is a French Enygmo News.
If anyone discovers any other news item, please can you forward details
to chris.pitt@revomaze.co.uk
20-February-2009
We are now pleased to announce our official launch date for our first
series. The first ReVoMaze I-Blue will ship to all our pre-order customers
to arrive on that date (we have a limited number of pre-order units available to
order, so get yours quick as they are selling fast!).
Our 12 Special Edition winners (4 left to be auctioned) from eBay will
receive their products on the 17th March 2009 (2 days earlier including our
international winners) as part of there winning bids.
All our products will be British Made and sourced in the UK.
OFFICIAL
LAUNCH DATE: 19th MARCH 2009
09-February-2009
As requested we are putting a picture of the ReVoMaze prototype on show from
the video below. This is to help with how it will look. The finished
products will be anodized to the series colour.
We have created a Special Edition version of our ReVoMaze
I-Blue.
These will be the very first 12 puzzles from the production line specially
engraved and will have included a free special engraved Individual Stand plus
free postage.
We have decided to auction on eBay all twelve pre-orders of this exciting new
product. You can then sit back and know you will own one of the very first
puzzles to come off production line due soon to ship in March.
